Remember back in grade school, when you weren’t one of the cool kids? You’d do anything to sit at their table—even give away your pudding for free. To some, guest posting seems like a similarly desperate attempt to get noticed.
A Well-Written B2B Blog Will Make Your Business Money
Chances are, you’ve read a blog this week: a how-to-guide on opening tricky jars, a comparative analysis of new smartphone cases, or some article shaming Millennials for their very existence. Blogs are everywhere. In fact, Quora believes there were somewhere around 173 million blogs back in 2011.
But did you know blogs are also one of the most cost-effective marketing techniques for businesses? They consistently drive traffic, build authority, and engage prospects.
In fact, blogs have been shown to lead to as much as 67% more leads.
The Past, Present, and Future of Marketing
The real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise. – Nate Silver
As this Entrepreneur infographic will show you, marketing has come a long way in a relatively short time.
In 1450, Gutenberg revolutionized printing. The first print magazine was published in Philadelphia in 1741. By 1839, posters were already so popular that they were banned on London properties. And less than 30 years later, in 1867, the first billboard went up.
Think about that. It took us 418 years to get from printing Bibles to renting out billboards. A glacial pace compared to the seismic shifts in today’s marketing landscapes.
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